Australia's Social and Commercial Engagement with China: What Direction for the Relationship?  

Oleh:

Burrow, Sharan

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Industrial Relations vol. 49 no. 5 (Nov. 2007), page 615–629.
Topik: governments; labour rights; trade policy; unions; workers
Fulltext: 615.pdf (331.67KB)

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This article suggests four criteria that any Australian Government should satisfy in promoting new forms of social and commercial engagement in the Australia–China economic and trading relationship. Any Free Trade Agreement (FTA) should require a high level of commitment to meet four standards. First, the inclusion of a labour clause within the agreement. Second, the government must now ensure that there is no disadvantage to Australian industry particularly for the purpose of applying anti-dumping provisions. Third, an Australia–China FTA would need to demonstrate how the economic and trading relationship would become more balanced and why a bilateral FTA will not further compromise the multilateral system. Fourth, the government must demonstrate its commitment to make Australia free trade ready so the nation can maximize the benefits and minimize the costs of commercial engagement with China and other counties. Ultimately corporate globalization will only work for the world’s workers and their families when it is underpinned by a fair set of global rules including labour rights.

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